As TMZ reports, production executives started an email chain to discuss Halsey's comparisons. There were messages that said co-creator and writer Charlie Brooker was "only vaguely aware" of Halsey. That same exec went on to say, "If we get asked about it in an interview we'll cheerily confirm that."

Another exec went so far as to accuse the pop star of using the comparison as a way to promote herself. "I think most people can see it's a shameful desperate attempt at self-promotion," they allegedly wrote in an email.